Drew Dominguez

lol bob, you're awesome.

haha Qccowboy... you obviously have no clue. You can't just strech instruments right away! Esspecially when you have so much material to expand on. I have like 9 themes lol The development is in the works. And a, excuse me, a film score? are you shiting on my face? lol no but cereal, thanks for the input. I'm a perfectionist, and I am a really 'smooth' voice leader so I don't use to much of a range unless I really want to push it out. I try to keep the music weird and exciting by changing styles/genres too. What midi configuration do you have on your sound card btw?

I play percussion. I am esspecially good with a drumset, www.purevolume.com/drewddd has some clips of me playing.

people are hesitating because of the sensitivity of the peice! But I want criticism! ha!

I'm writting this Symphony in honor of my best friend, who died May 13th last year. He lived with me for 3 years, we did everything together... it was pretty tragic, I finished the exposistion and the intro, everything else is pretty close to complete but I want to put up a preview. I use the cello and piano a lot because he played those very well. 1__Introduction.mid 2__Exposistion_I.mid

haha thanks for the ideas. It's a really complex peice to play, I don't recommend it. The name is a joke.. actually... lol

haha thanks. I composed 5 others (sonatis 1-6) for her. hehe it was a good day.

*sigh* I think the fact of the matter is that we do not understand each others points of view. I write music the way that I live my life. I try new things everyday almost, I go with what feels natural without betraying myself, my Lord Jesus or my loved ones, and I wish to do it all in a glorifying and fulfilling manner to everyone involved directly. I do this in music by putting much time and energy into what I do, and try to do something new. Fact is, sonata form and the like didn't come in the ten commandments or anything like that, and therefore isn't the most timeless and enduring concept. Though they are very very good ideas, and you can learn a lot about the structure of music from them, there are many problems with the Classical, and even romantic ways of doing things, like there are with anything: Most old forms, particularly sonata form, are formuliac. ~~often with classical music a well listened person will be able to tell, not which note, but which part will come next. Often times what compsoers are considered the greatest thwart most of that notion. Beethoven's 9th, for example, has movements ''out of order''. Fact is, no one really cares as long as it's beautiful or well done. So, if you really have the chops you won't need form, and in some cases, harmonic/melodic/rhythmic formula. See theres that word again... it makes many creaters, particularly me, that there is something binding your creativity. That is has been done before, and while that is all well and good for the most part, when I create a peice of music, not only do I want it to be original, I want it to be.. refreshing! Like a Rasberry Dr. Pepper in Death Valley. I want it to be as intellectually intense as I can muster, too. Thats (at least partially) why I always try to top myself, and do something new. Now why do you guys compsoe the way you do?

Well, this is one of the many many peices I wrote to play for my girlfriend on valentine's day. Third_Sonati_for_Piano__Intimae_Pulchirtudae.mid

Yeah, I noticed theres even some anti Music of the Future guys on here haha.

I feel like the works of satie, weiss, schoenberg, cage, cowell and many other great composers isn't being followed. People latched on to minimalism and 'post' impressionism pretty well, and the neo romantics get a lot of credit too. But it seesm to me like the music of the future is dieing. I want to bring it back.

Hey, I saw this forum while researching John Cage for an essay. My name is Drew Dominguez, I live in the Bay Area near San Frans and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I'm 17 years old and am a full time student at a local community college as a composition major. I am a Percussionist and play anything that involves me hitting something. I play drums in a rock band and in my church's worship band. I am an aspiring composer and writer and write librettos for the ledgendary Anthony Duarte of Interlochen Academy. I am currently writing my own version of an opera based on a novel I wrote, a short minuet and my first sympnony is on the back burner. I mostly have written smaller peices, some only 2 or 3 minutes long, but I've decided to at least try bigger works for a while. My influences include John Cage, Erik Satie, Chopin, Wagner(freaking Ring Cycle, I listened to it all in one sitting!), Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev (I named my Tiger after him!), Aaron Copeland, Rachmaninoff, Anthony Duarte (as well as many others but you the idea), The Bands; Yes, King Crimson, Sting, Rush and many others. I live with my grandparents, have a loving a wonderful girlfriend, my two best friends are piano prodigies and we love jamming, and I have many other things to say so just ask me! I like these forums! (attached is one of the first peices I ever wrote) Second_Sonati_for_Piano__Weronicae_Amsdenae.mid